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		acoustics on Nov 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A meta-analysis of the effects of trigger warnings... > Lately, it seems, it is not conservatives are not the ones calling for boycots, bans, deplatforming and demonetization. Without getting too far into the weeds of partisan politics, I’m not sure how you got this impression. Ask your local school board or your local library which political side spends more time trying to get media banned.

xigoi on Nov 27, 2022 [–]

Look at social networks like Reddit, Tumblr or pre-Musk Twitter and notice what kind of speech they ban. For example, are you more likely to gét banned for saying “white people should die”, or “black people should die”?

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